Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €14.48, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 38m over 216 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €14.48, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€14.48
- 53%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Guaratinguetá
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:33First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Útil runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €20.53Wed16
- about €26.03Thu17
- about €19.98Fri18
- about €20.53Sat19
- about €19.98Sun20
- about €16.68Mon21
- about €16.66Tue22
- about €16.13Wed23
- about €21.08Thu24
- about €17.78Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €18.88Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €14.48Tue29
- about €16.13Wed30
- about €14.48Thu1
- about €16.13Fri2
- about €17.22Sat3
- about €15.58Sun4
- about €15.03Mon5
- about €14.48Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Barra da Tijuca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Barra da Tijuca for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from CTEx and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €15.5860 days
- €13.3845 days
- €15.0330 days
- €14.4821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €16.667 days
- €19.983 days
- €20.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 53 percent. The most expensive point is €20.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
216 km
188 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
118,044 → 421,438
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 216 km against 188 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Itaguaí, Angra dos Reis, Mangaratiba, Ubatuba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near CTEx
Most of the points near CTEx open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
The fastest journey from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca takes 3h 38m door to door, of which 2h 54m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 50m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
The cheapest fare from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca is €14.48, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €17.23. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
The cheapest way from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca is by coach, at €14.48 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 38m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
Fares from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 53 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca, at €14.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca, at €11.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
1 operators sell services from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca across 1 mode: Útil. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
20 percent of the services we sell from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca are direct. The rest connect at Itaguaí, Angra dos Reis, Mangaratiba, Ubatuba, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca use?
Services from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário de Guaratinguetá and arrive at CTEx. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Guaratinguetá to Barra da Tijuca on September 15, 2026: 216 km of route against 188 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.48, and 3h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Barra da Tijuca a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Barra da Tijuca and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Barra da Tijuca in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Guaratinguetá reaches 75 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,175 km. Barra da Tijuca reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 45 to 220 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Guaratinguetá
- 75Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Barra da Tijuca
Leaving Barra da Tijuca
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators